[On Champagne] In success you deserve it and in defeat, you need it
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July 12, 2017
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http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40496904 Tech entrepreneur TJ Rodgers made billions of dollars founding silicon chip maker Cypress Semiconductors, now he has turned his sights to wine-making, and is on a quest to make the best Pinot Noir in the New World. A collapse in the roof of a gigantic tunnel being driven into a hillside sounds like a … Continue reading "The Billionaire Trying to Make the World’s Best Pinot Noir"
May 15, 2017
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A constant rule that keeps coming up in the Chartered Alternative Investments Analyst (CAIA) exams is that alternative investments tend to possess an illiquidity premium. I guess that applies, in scientific terms, to everything else except to wine as an investment class. And what’s more, even your investment loses all of its value, you can still … Continue reading "The Most (Delicious) Liquid of Alternative Investments"
March 29, 2017
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So on 22 Mar 2017, being one of the few rare free days that I have, I attend the Business Times’ Leaders’ Forum on Disruption and Transformation. Simply because I badly needed to do some non-wine networking and I was interested to find out what ideas could be generated for a small-timer like me. So … Continue reading "Disruption? Keep Calm and Drink Wine"
January 27, 2017
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I have the privilege of tasting many wines in the course of my work and it is always a joy to come across the occasional memorable bottle. This is one of them, a complete joy with any sort of Asian and lighter Western fare. A beaujolais cru I chanced upon at Mahota Commune in Kitchener … Continue reading "Morgon 2014"
October 27, 2016
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I was fortunate to get tickets to the grand finale dinner for MOT Singapore held this year at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. Included in the price of course was the iconic walkabout wine tasting where one had to tip toe around red-faces, parmesan wheels, pot bellies and the occasional sliders served up on wooden boards; … Continue reading "Matter of Taste 2016 – Singapore, Grand Hyatt Hotel"
